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¹ O Lord, ^(d)God of my salvation,
    I ^(e)cry out day and night before you.
² Let my prayer come before you;
    ^(f)incline your ear to my cry!

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(g)my life draws near to ^(h)Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who ⁽ⁱ⁾go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(j)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(k)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(l)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(m)regions dark and ⁽ⁿ⁾deep.
⁷ Your wrath ^(o)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(p)all your waves. Selah

⁸ You have caused ^(q)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(r)a horror^[b] to them.
I am ^(s)shut in so that I cannot escape;
^{9     (t)}my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(u)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(v)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(w)wonders known in ^(x)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(y)forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry ^(z)to you;
    ^(aa)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(ab)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(ac)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[c]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(ad)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(ae)surround me like a flood ^(af)all day long;
    they ^(ag)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(ah)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[d]